Wycombe Wanderers 1 Bradford City 0: Doherty deserved red says Taylor

The midfielder was given his marching orders in the 62nd minute for a petulant face push on Gareth Ainsworth and referee Mick Russell had no hesitation in sending him off.

And to make matters worse Kevin Betsy popped up late on to bag the winner for the hosts with a sweet strike.

No wonder Bantams boss Peter Taylor cut a frustrated figure at the final whistle after Betsy's sixth goal of the season secured the points for the hosts.

Betsy was a handful and deserved his fourth goal in six games, but Taylor's charges had chances to at least salvage a point, even when Doherty was given his marching orders with 28 minutes still remaining.

"I feel quite disappointed, there wasn't a lot of consistency (in the refereeing decisions) out there," reflected Taylor. "But you get days like these.

"The boys put in a good shift out there and worked extremely hard, but we were lacking that end product and a goal.

"Overall I was very disappointed with some of the decisions, but unfortunately it's not going to change the result of the match.

"Tommy Doherty probably deserved to get sent-off, but all I'm asking for is more consistency in decisions and we didn't get that today.

Tom's got to grow up though because we'll miss him for three games."

The Bantams had been going well in League Two with wins over Oxford United and then away to high-flying Bury.

But a frustrating 4-3 defeat to Colchester in the FA Cup last weekend was followed by a 1-0 loss as Taylor made an unhappy return to Adams Park.

Wycombe: Bull, Foster, Sandell, Winfield, Westwood, Ainsworth, Montrose, Bloomfield, Betsy, Beavon, Strevens (Rendell 74). Unused substitutes: Arnold, Bennett, Murtagh, McCoy, McClure, Harris.

Bradford: Pidegeley, Rehman, Oliver, Kiernan, O'Brien, Doherty, Hendrie (Osbourne 70), Syers, Adeyemi, Daley (Evans 69), Price. Unused substitutes: McLaughlin, Bullock, Threfall, Eckersley.

Referee: M Russell (Hertfordshire).

Man of the match: Kevin Betsy.

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